Hi Thomas, thanks for the interest, firstly you are right it is a brick chimney, hence it would be difficult to put that kind of damper in place, if I was to use some kind of damping system could you recommend a particular place where it could be installed. My personal question is also redirection of the heat, if it could be trapped within the Hive for longer, a bit like a bell oven, before it finds its way out and up the chimney, also to include extra air vents to improve initial combustion making for a cleaner burn, as the current situation is not unlike a standard outdoor pizza oven that although bakes lovely pizza it does not trap the heat to warm the hive pot at the rear. Any suggestions in creating a batchbox type effect.
thankyou again for your input. As you can see from the drawings the beehive oven, as its known, is made completely out of brick with clay render, the base is insulated with brocken glass, then clay and the firebrick floor, like a pizza oven base.
all the best Antz
